Jimmy Sanders was a magician, ventriloquist, and owner of The Sanders Manufacturing Co.

Sanders was reared on a farm and when only 22 years of age organized what became The Sanders Manufacturing Co., a leading novelty manufacturing.

He was in demand as an entertainer in his home city of Nashville and surrounding territory.[1]

He served as Vice President of the International Brotherhood of Ventriloquists, Territorial Vice President of Tennessee for the I. B. M., a member of the S. A. M., Cercle Magique of Nashville and the Magicians Club of Nashville.[2]

Sanders' items that he was known for were his "Hole-Tite" Pencils, and Color-Changing Pocket Knives. [3]